 |
Garnock
Academy Revision and Essential Study Websites
|
|
| Art & Design | |||
| http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html More Art resources than you can shake a stick at. Every resource needed for Standard Grade, Higher, Int 1, Int 2 and Advanced Higher Art is on this mammoth site. | |||
| http://www.artcyclopedia.com good resources for standard grade, int 1, int 2 and higher | |||
| http://www.olejarz.com/arted/perspective This is a Standard Grade site designed to help drawing in one-point perspective. | |||
| http://www.vangoghgallery.com A complete Art site dedicated to the work of Vincent Van Gogh | |||
| Biology | |||
| Standard Grade Biology Bitesize is an excellent source of information http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/biology/ | |||
| For Higher Biology use Scholar Use your username & password to login | |||
| There are some good Higher links on http://www.madras.fife.sch.uk/biology/higher_links.htm which has masses of relevant material on it. | |||
| http://www.cellsalive.com Useful site for cell biology at Higher or Standard Grade | |||
| http://ebiomedia.com Useful biology resources, bugs and things. | |||
| Business Studies | |||
| http://www.bized.ac.uk a good resource site for standard grade, int1, int 2 and higher | |||
| Standard Grade Biology Bitesize is an excellent source of information http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/chemistry/ | |||
| For Higher Chemistry use Scholar Use your username & password to login | |||
| For Standard Grade, much good material can be had from http://www.gcsescience.com/content.htm which although written for GCSE, has much to offer Standard Grade pupils. | |||
| Great pupil notes from Ardrossan Academy http://www.methyl.freeserve.co.uk | |||
| For Higher Chemistry use Scholar Use your username & password to login | |||
| http://science.howstuffworks.com/ Does exactly what it says on the address… Information on how various scientific and technological things work. It covers a wide range of topics from atoms to fuels and fertilizers. This site is a useful resource for completing homework assignments. | |||
| http://www.hsn.uk.net/courses/Hchem/notes/ Full notes for the entire Higher Chemistry course available to download. The site also provides additional files including sample PPA results, questions with answers and a full glossary, as well as many more interactive features. | |||
| evans2chemweb Chemweb is an interactive pupil guide to all levels of Chemistry in Scotland. On this site you will be able to access revision material, tests and homework exercises. Pupil’s results are emailed to the pupil’s teacher. | |||
| http://www.webelements.com/webelements/scholar/index.html Web Elements is an interactive Periodic Table. Pupils can click on the table to research elements, uses, properties, structure and history. The site also contains video clips of the reactivity of some elements. | |||
| http://www.rsc.org/Education/SchoolStudents/index.asp Royal Society of Chemistry Student zone. This site contains information on careers in Chemistry. The site also contains chemistry games, events and an exam doctor. | |||
| http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/pages/periodic_table.html This site contains an interactive Periodic Table. Pupils click on the elements to find out more information about specific elements. |
|||
| http://www.chemicalconnection.org.uk/ Four subject themes allow you to explore some of the ways chemistry affects us all. | |||
| http://www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk/museum/romans/index.html A good site which tells the story of the Roman presence in Scotland in the first and second centuries AD, with emphasis on the Antonine Wall frontier and the life lived by the soldiers based in forts along its line. | |||
| http://www.historyonthenet.com/Romans/romansmain.htm A very good site for straightforward background information on the Romans - roads, slavery, society, education, entertainment, religion, public health, etc. | |||
| http://eleaston.com/latin.html | |||
| http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/computing/ This is an excellent source of information | |||
| www. computing teacher.co.uk contains worksheets, example exam questions and lots of revision material listed per topic. | |||
| For Higher Computing use Scholar Use your username & password to login | |||
| http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/english/ This is an excellent source of information | |||
| Essay writing is an important skill. Much information can be gained from the site http://www.mdx.ac.uk/www/study/gloess.htm which is dedicated to essay writing skills. | |||
| For help in writing comparing/contrasting essays, visit http://www.mic.ul.ie/lsu/essay_structure_comparative.htm which may help you. | |||
| For hints on writing discursive essays, visit http://www.mic.ul.ie/lsu/Essay_Structure_dicsursive.htm which has good advice and hints. | |||
| http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/merchant good source for essays and so on “The Merchant of Venice” | |||
| http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/macbeth good source for essays and material on “Macbeth” | |||
| http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/hamlet good source for essays on “Hamlet” | |||
| http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare a very good source for most of Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets | |||
| http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Belmont_HS/mice is a good site for ideas on “Of Mice and Men” | |||
| http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/int/eng/lilies/index.shtml This site focuses on the skills and techniques you need to understand and interpret a novel, using “Consider the Lilies” by Iain Crichton Smith as an example. | |||
| Geography | |||
| This is an excellent source of information for Standard Grade Geography http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/geography/ | |||
| For Standard Grade, the site http://www.scalloway.org.uk is well worth a look. This covers a whole host of useful concepts, all geared to the Standard Grade syllabus. | |||
| Another good Standard Grade site is http://www.geographyhigh.connectfree.co.uk/s4revision.html which also has much to commend it for study. | |||
| http://www.georesources.co.uk a very good site for photographs and other resources connected with Geography and Geology. | |||
| History | |||
| This is an excellent source of information for Standard Grade History http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/history/ | |||
| http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/history/1890_1920/index.shtml This is a good starting point for studying World War 1 in Standard Grade History. | |||
| http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwone This is a much more detailed website covering World War 1 with much information for Standard Grade or Higher History. | |||
| http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/history/germany_1918_1945/index.shtml This is good starting point for Standard Grade History on Hitler’s rise to power. | |||
| http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/history/1930_1960/index.shtml This is a good Standard Grade History website on the causes and run up to World War 2. | |||
| http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo This is a much more detailed website covering World War 2 for Standard Grade or Higher History. | |||
| http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/history/russia_1914_1941/index.shtml A revision site for the Russian Revolution in Standard Grade | |||
| http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/lessons/wwi/objectives_wwi.html This is a site which details the causes of World War 1 and checks your knowledge and understanding. | |||
| http://www.historyonthenet.com various history topics | |||
| http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/scottishhistory/middleages/index.asp Scottish History of the middle ages | |||
| Home Economics | |||
| http://www.nutrition.org.uk Useful site for Food & Nutrition, diet, etc in Home Economics. | |||
| http://www.food.gov.uk Useful facts and background on food, diet, hygiene, etc. | |||
| http://www.foodtech.org.uk Another useful site on food technology. | |||
| Mathematics | |||
| This is an excellent source of information for Standard Grade Maths http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/mathsI/ | |||
| This is an excellent source of information for Standard Grade Trigonometry Algebra & Statistics http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/mathsII/ | |||
| For Higher maths use Scholar Use your username & password to login | |||
| For all mathematics courses, S1 to S6, a huge amount of information is available from http://www.madras.fife.sch.uk/maths/homelearning/index.html which is a first class site. | |||
| For Standard Grade (S3) Credit Mathematics, visit http://www.madras.fife.sch.uk/maths/homelearning/S3courseC.html which has the entire S3 Credit Mathematics course, with revision. | |||
| For Standard Grade (S4) Credit Mathematics, go to http://www.madras.fife.sch.uk/maths/homelearning/S4courseC.html which has everything for Standard Grade S4 work | |||
| The site http://www.walter-fendt.de/m11e contains some good illustrations of mathematics principles with moving graphics. Excellent browsing. | |||
| There are good interactive mathematics examples at http://wims.unice.fr/wims/wims.cgi Some of them might be too difficult even at Higher, but worth looking at items like graphs of derivatives (S5/6) |
|||
| For Higher Mathematics http://www.madras.fife.sch.uk/maths/homelearning/S5courseH.html is a site you simply cannot miss. | |||
| http://regentsprep.org/Regents/math/math-a.cfm a site for MATHS at all levels – but mainly credit level and higher | |||
| Modern Languages | |||
| This is an excellent source of information for Standard Grade French http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/french/ | |||
| For Advanced Higher French use Scholar Use your username & password to login | |||
| Partners in Excellence | |||
| This is an excellent source of information for Standard Grade Modern Studies http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/modern/ | |||
| For Standard Grade, try http://www.modernstudies.org.uk which seems a useful source of information. | |||
| Music & Drama | |||
| http://fcweb.fcasd.edu/~traugh/imrp1.html This is a site offering advice to instrumental music pupils. | |||
| http://pianoeducation.org This is a site dedicated to piano education. | |||
| http://bubl.ac.uk/link/m/musiceducation.htm This is a good resource for Standard Grade and Higher Grade music information and background. | |||
| http://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/guide/ Pictures, sounds & stories of the symphony orchestra | |||
| http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/subjects/music.shtml The BBC's music learning home page | |||
| http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/discoveringmusic/audioarchive.shtml BBC archive and analysis of musical perfomances | |||
| http://www.nyphilkids.org/main.phtml A fun guide to the orchestra | |||
| http://www.musicatschool.co.uk Music @ school | |||
| http://www.liberton.edin.sch.uk/Music/index.htm Music resources, worksheets & games | |||
| Physical Education | |||
| This is an excellent source of information for Standard Grade PE http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/pe/ | |||
| Physics | |||
| This is an excellent source of information for Standard Grade Physics http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/physics/ | |||
| For Higher Physics use Scholar Use your username & password to login | |||
| For Standard Grade, try browsing http://www.gcsescience.com/pcontent.htm andfor Standard grade & higher try http://www.helpmyphysics.co.uk as a useful source of good materials. | |||
| http://www.jsharkey.oneuk.com/Advanced%20Higher%20Physics.htm This is an excellent site for Advanced Higher Physics concepts. Many of the themes are also very useful for a fuller understanding of Higher Physics concepts. | |||
| Religious Education | |||
| www.bbc.co.uk/religion An excellent site for background on the main religions and ethical issues. This contains a lot of material for essays on issues like euthanasia, ethics of war, human cloning, genetic engineering, etc. | |||
| Technical Education | |||
| www.graphiccommunication.org.uk for CAD etc | |||
| www.berkley7.freeserve.co.uk/index.html for design & technology | |||
| General | |||
| A good general revision site for all subjects at http://www.revision-notes.co.uk/GCSE These are based on the English GCSE, but many topics are common to Standard Grade courses. | |||
| http://www.sparknotes.com good general revision site with an American slant. | |||
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/index.shtml
This is an excellent source of information for general Standard Grade
revision in Biology, Chemistry, Computing Studies, English, French,
Geography, History, Mathematics, Modern Studies, PE and Physics. |
|||
| http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/higher/index.shtml This is a good starting point for revision in Higher Biology, English, Geography and Mathematics. | |||
| http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/history/1890_1920/index.shtml This is a good starting point for studying World War 1 in Standard Grade History. | |||
| http://www.schoolscience.co.uk/content/index.asp Useful resource for general Science education | |||